boilboil1 /bɔɪl/ ●●● verb [intransitive, transitive] 
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if a liquid boils, or if you boil a liquid, it is hot enough for bubbles to rise to the surface and for the liquid to change to steam: 
Drop the noodles into boiling salted water. Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.2to cook food in boiling water: Boil the vegetables for 10 minutes.THESAURUScook, bake, fry, roast, broil, grill, sauté, steam, deep fry► see thesaurus at cook13to clean something using boiling water: Boil the baby’s bottles before using them.boil down to phrasal verb if a long statement, argument, etc. boils down to a single statement, that statement is the main point or cause: Think of the money you can make – that’s what it boils down to.boil over phrasal verb1to boil and flow over the sides of a pan2if a situation or emotion boils over, people begin to get angry [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French boillir, from Latin bullire, from bulla “bubble”]
1 if a liquid boils, or if you boil a liquid, it is hot enough for bubbles to rise to the surface and for the liquid to change to steam: Drop the noodles into boiling salted water. Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.2to cook food in boiling water: Boil the vegetables for 10 minutes.THESAURUScook, bake, fry, roast, broil, grill, sauté, steam, deep fry► see thesaurus at cook13to clean something using boiling water: Boil the baby’s bottles before using them.boil down to phrasal verb if a long statement, argument, etc. boils down to a single statement, that statement is the main point or cause: Think of the money you can make – that’s what it boils down to.boil over phrasal verb1to boil and flow over the sides of a pan2if a situation or emotion boils over, people begin to get angry [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French boillir, from Latin bullire, from bulla “bubble”]
